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Big Magic

What book could you read over and over again? By Elizabeth Gilbert of “Eat Pray Love” fame. It’s the perfect book for creatives, particularly writers, it also contains a great deal of excellent life advice. Read it and you’ll worry a lot less about your work, particularly about writers block. It contains a fascinating storyContinueContinue reading “Big Magic”

Bonding With Your Sister-in-Law

Because my family were a ridiculous mess my sister-in-law and I only started to get to know each other in recent years. I’d liked her since the day I met her, she’s kind and sensitive to the feelings of others, and fun. Plus she makes great cakes. Since we have become closer I thoroughly enjoyContinueContinue reading “Bonding With Your Sister-in-Law”

The Common Good

One race What is the common good?We are all uniqueDifferent backgroundsDifferent ideasDifferent worldsWe don’t speak the same languageWorship the same GodLive the same liveswith the same trappingsBelieve the same thingsOur homes are differentWe are nomads at home where we areLive ‘civilised’ livesIn crammed stacksMaybe in the skyWhere the building sways in the windWe live inContinueContinue reading “The Common Good”

No One

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? This is me! I thought about Captain Kirk or Picard but no. I thought about the female lead in the Wedding Date, but then she was very messed up. I couldn’t think of anyone else. I’ve never wished IContinueContinue reading “No One”

Depends on the Humans

What animals make the best/worst pets? Humans! I don’t like judging one species against another. Each to their own and all animals have their good points and not so good. The important thing to remember is that they are animals and have no clue about furniture, money, or the difference between a scratching post, aContinueContinue reading “Depends on the Humans”

World Peace Leader

What job would you do for free? Bringing this world together with mutual respect and inclusion as a given, as a normal way of life, would be the greatest privilege that anyone could have. Unfortunately those living in fear would be a problem. You may think I’m talking about people like those in Gaza waitingContinueContinue reading “World Peace Leader”

Not a great fan but

What Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most? I like ice Skating, skiing can be thrilling. Curling is oddly fascinating and I think harder and far more skilful than it looks. When it comes to the summer Olympics I enjoy watching most of it occasionally, I quite like all the sports. I heard aContinueContinue reading “Not a great fan but”

Attitude

How would you improve your community? We need to return to the idea of community rather than the isolationist idea of other. Not me. We need to start prizing the old fashioned ideas of courtesy and respect over violence and hate speech. Trolls should be made of concrete and placed in the garden. It takesContinueContinue reading “Attitude”

I’m Sorry What?

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? Is the pandemic still going on in other countries? In the UK it’s largely over. Yes there are still infections but no pandemic. Life is pretty normal now except for one thing that keeps cropping up; more people off sick with mentalContinueContinue reading “I’m Sorry What?”